{"id":12502,"date":"2011-05-04T00:40:21","date_gmt":"2011-05-03T22:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/?p=12502"},"modified":"2011-05-04T00:40:21","modified_gmt":"2011-05-03T22:40:21","slug":"a-wander-through-new-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/2011\/05\/04\/a-wander-through-new-england\/","title":{"rendered":"A &#8216;Wander&#8217; Through New England"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12515\" title=\"ChristineChitnis_MoNE_3\" src=\"http:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/ChristineChitnis_MoNE_3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/ChristineChitnis_MoNE_3.jpg 500w, https:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/ChristineChitnis_MoNE_3-87x65.jpg 87w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12514\" title=\"ChristineChitnis_MoNE_2\" src=\"http:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/ChristineChitnis_MoNE_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/ChristineChitnis_MoNE_2.jpg 500w, https:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/ChristineChitnis_MoNE_2-87x65.jpg 87w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><small>All photographs and words in this guest post by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christinechitnis.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Christine Chitnis<\/a>.<\/small><\/p>\n<p>I first happened upon Pia&#8217;s debut book, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.littlebookroom.com\/parisbyhand.html\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Paris: Made by Hand<\/em><\/a> while daydreaming of traveling to the great City of Lights.\u00c2\u00a0 I loved everything about her book- the perfectly compact size, high quality paper, gorgeous images, and enticing shop descriptions.\u00c2\u00a0 But perhaps one of the greatest things about Pia&#8217;s book is that it introduced me to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.littlebookroom.com\/guidebooks.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Little Bookroom<\/a>, the publisher that would eventually become responsible for ushering my first book, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.littlebookroom.com\/marketsnewengland.html\" target=\"_blank\">Markets of New England<\/a>, into the world.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12513\" title=\"ChristineChitnis_MoNE_1\" src=\"http:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/ChristineChitnis_MoNE_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/ChristineChitnis_MoNE_1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/ChristineChitnis_MoNE_1-87x65.jpg 87w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12504\" title=\"CC_Favorite--Stan-Moeller2\" src=\"http:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/CC_Favorite-Stan-Moeller2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/CC_Favorite-Stan-Moeller2.jpg 500w, https:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/CC_Favorite-Stan-Moeller2-87x57.jpg 87w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>While Pia wandered through Paris, and eventually Amsterdam, I wandered&#8230;or shall I say sprinted&#8230; through New England!\u00c2\u00a0 There was nothing relaxing about my pace, as I covered fifty markets in six states over the course of a summer.\u00c2\u00a0 From the rocky coasts of Maine, to the White Mountains of New Hampshire, from open studio tours to farmers markets&#8230;I took in all that New England has to offer.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12516\" title=\"Favorite--Zoe-Wyner\" src=\"http:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Favorite-Zoe-Wyner.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Favorite-Zoe-Wyner.jpg 500w, https:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Favorite-Zoe-Wyner-87x57.jpg 87w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Along the way, I met dairy farmers, butchers, florists and bakers\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 jewelers, painters, photographers, and sculptors.\u00c2\u00a0 I felt honored to witness their creativity and ingenuity, and I was struck by how important it is to support these artisans.\u00c2\u00a0 Farmers and artists, when properly supported by their community, can then keep alive age-old traditions of their crafts and skills, as well as create new and inspiring methods of creation.<\/p>\n<p>Although a travel guide book, I wrote <a href=\"http:\/\/www.littlebookroom.com\/marketsnewengland.html\" target=\"_blank\">Markets of New England<\/a> with a greater message in mind: I hope it serves as a reminder to slow down and savor the handmade, homegrown goodness in our own communities, and in the far-flung locales we may visit.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12517\" title=\"ChristineChitnis_MoNE_5\" src=\"http:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/ChristineChitnis_MoNE_5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/ChristineChitnis_MoNE_5.jpg 500w, https:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/ChristineChitnis_MoNE_5-87x56.jpg 87w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.christinechitnis.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Christine Chitnis<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All photographs and words in this guest post by Christine Chitnis. 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